Is that a blonde wig Nicole Kidman has on her head? Is she sporting the latest way to take your pet Pekinese for a walk? And what is with the vivid green dress that looks like something that nurses wear in dodgy porn movies (or so I’m told)?

Actress Nicole Kidman got into character this Monday by wearing what seems to be a shoulder-length, platinum blonde wig. Kidman (44) who is famous for her red-headed and beautiful looks, accompanied her choppy platinum hairstyle with heavy eye makeup and a tight-fitting retro green dress that looks to me like a medical uniform.

Kidman was almost unrecognizable on the New Orleans set of her new movie,“The Paperboy.” It is a thriller about a reporter investigating a case involving a death row inmate. The movie also stars Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron andJohn Cusack.

In the movie, the actress plays Charlotte Bless, a woman who writes letters to men on death row. She gets involved with a reporter and his brother, who are trying to exonerate a man sentenced to death.

Usually, mom of two Kidman avoids putting dyes and chemicals on her hair. Back in 2007, she told“Marie Claire” magazine,

“To be honest, I am completely natural. I have nothing in my face or anything. I wear sunscreen, and I don’t smoke. I take care of myself. And I’m very proud to say that.”

Maybe Kidman’s hair turned white with stress? Her husband, country singer Keith Urban, is facing police questioning after allegedly attacking a photographer’s car in Nashville last week. That has to be preying on her mind even as she gets back to work filming “The Paperboy.”

But this latest shocking hairdo has to be a wig, right? Tell us what you think. Are you rocking Nicole Kidman as a platinum blonde?